The bottom of a cup. Signed
Pocket Paintings for the Tiny Gallery at art fairs and markets. The gallery houses micro works for visitors to purchase.
Vases installed at Uncle Gallery. The wall behind filled with Watercolors made in 2023. (^6 Stoneware, terrasig, underglaze, glaze, underglaze pencil.)
Journals
Pinched Vase made from Terra Cotta clay housing the dried lavender we used to decorate our wedding.
Art imitates life. We live longer when we keep a clean studio
a pair of pinched stoneware vases who found a home with Lubzenik Center for the Art’s Gift Shop.
Portraits painted for Pitchfork goers at the Renegade Craft Festival.
Recent porcelain cups made for the Gallery Expo at This years NCECA Conference in Richmond Virginia. These felt like a step in a playful new direction. Catch them at Northern Clay Center’s gallery Booth!
A series of vases in dark clay dry out in the sun on our city patio which often functions as our summer time studio.
^6 Stoneware Cup. Reminiscent of the underside of desk, caked in chewed gum. yet, inviting. A friend told me “I want to eat it so that means it’s good right? 2023
Visitors of the home Exhibition were asked to draw in crayon visions of home and add it to a communal neighborhood.
In class I like to remind students that we are not competing with IKEA. Into each of our pieces goes our time, energy and touch. It takes years to learn the technique and skill necessary to refine a piece.
Throw lines, pinch marks, nail knicks invite users to consider the person behind their ware. Each piece is the product of the time and dedication of your neighbor and not a corporation’s machine.
I think about this often. Where energy goes. Where time goes. Where money goes. And the forces they feed.
This piece was made while teaching and uses @lillstreetceramics ‘s house glazes. Its finger spiral feels like a handshake with the potters who came before me. It’s a tradition I am honored to be a part of. 🌀
Greenware wheelthrown mugs made between classes at @lillstreet. ☕️
Made using the studio’s reclaim, meaning they were several peoples’ ideas before becoming this one.
I love making mugs. I love watching people pick each one up until they find the right handle for their grip. I love teaching handles, watching as classes find their favorites. I love seeing the pride in people’s faces when they finally make a handle they’re excited about. Mmm. Yeah. Mugs are 🪩PrEtTy cOoL✨
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My late cat Charlie followed me everywhere, and I mean everywhere. He loved drinks from the faucet. I’d take him to the park, our local bar even allowed him entry. I fumble a bit in acrylic, but am interested in painting and drawing as a means for remembering and preserving. Losing Charlie was incredibly hard. I adopted him when I was 16 and he lived until I was 30.
Based on true events. Made while attending a figure in watercolor class at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in 2023
Mini Mugs for Toy Dispensers in the Richmond Virginia to be given away for the 2024 NCECA conference.
A watercolour of my Grandad made for “Home” exhibition at Uncle Gallery. The photo shows him napping with his ginger cat, Garfield. Garfield had a reputation in the neighborhood for entering neighbor’s houses, eating fish and chips and jumping through the local pub’s window. My grandad taught me how to paint and colour mix when I was very young. He took me to the arts and crafts shop to get me tubed watercolour paints and paper. When he died I took a long break from watercolour. We all feel his absence, but I’m thankful to feel close to him when painting
The piece is titled “I miss him a little bit everyday.”
A self portrait in watercolor. Donated to the Anderson Ranch Auction while taking a figure in watercolor class as a thank you for receiving a scholarship to attend.
a Self portrait in acrylic made for the Dope Art Show in 2023 at Ludlow Liquors
Posing with a small mural made for a building in our neighborhood. 2023
Stoneware portrait made in 2022, Featured in the Midwestern Biennial at the Rockford IL. It felt special to send this piece to the art museum I visited growing up, it was an honor to be included.
A sculpture created for “The Cake Stand Biennial” a show calling for works able to fit within a cake stand. The piece depicts the feeling of trying to stay afloat amid the pandemic.